Microsoft Dynabook? PSHAW!
Mark Guzdial
guzdial at cc.gatech.edu
Wed Sep 15 15:34:29 UTC 1999
>Ironically, the first release user manual for Digitalk
>Smalltalk/VPM had a quote from Bill Gates suggesting
>that the best language for developing OS/2 PM applications
>was Smalltalk/VPM. Hmmmmmm. One wonders what goes on
>behind closed doors. :-)
Considering that Microsoft effectively killed OS/2, and someone on the list
posted a quote by Bill disparaging Smalltalk, he may have been saying
exactly what he meant :-)
Mark
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